Thursday, March 31, 2011

Freebies and Coupons--and my iPad is here!

Like Degree on Facebook and get a FREE sample 
FREE Chicet skin care samples

15% off Coupon for Walgreens TODAY ONLY (20% on W Brand)

Spring is here! Time to work on your garden!
10/$50 Coupon for Lowes 

Home Depot is offering up some great Black Friday deals this weekend only!
50% off Mulch – making it only $1.12 per bag (limit 20)
Annuals – $0.58 ea (reg $1.17)
Spectracide Week Killer – $4.23 (reg $8.47)
Scott’s Potting Soil – $3.99 (reg $7.77)
Round-up  Weed and Grass killer – $9.88 (reg $19.96)
Wanna see a movie this weekend? I do! I want to see Source Code

My iPad 2 arrived this morning and is syncing now!! My hubby gave it to me for my birthday. It took 18 days to arrive after ordering online and I'm so excited that it's finally here! My next blog post is going to be made on it!

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Just what I've been waiting for!


#NerdAlert! I've wanted these for a long time! I just ordered them from Cafe Press because I was able to score a 50% off deal from Friends and Family Circle. What will you get?

Coffee!!

Wednesday, March 30, BOGO 12 oz bags of coffee AND double Coffee Club points at Cost Plus World Market!



Staples Run

Ran into Staples today and I can verify the battery deal is good through April 2nd. Buy a 20 pack of Duacell AA or AAA batteries and get 100% back in Staples Rewards (minus tax). I also got a roll of Scotch Magic Tape in a groovy dispenser for FREE. They're on sale for $1 & there's a link to a $1 coupon in my last post.



Great Tips

I recently began following Lisa Akari's blog. She has a wonderful post about how her family is saving a bundle on high tech services here.

I found a few FREEBIES for you, too.

FREE sample Uncle Ben's Rice pouch.
FREE sample  Aveeno  Hair Care
FREE sample Carefree Liner
If you have an Android phone, Amazon lets you try before you buy apps.
GROUPON has a deal today for a $15 eBay certificate for only $7. You can even use it toward shipping!

Don’t forget you can get 100% of the purchase price back in Staples Rewards for AA and AAA batteries this week!  Also at Staples, buy Scotch tape for $1 this week and use the $1 off coupon here to get it FREE.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

A few FREEBIES and coupons


If you have an Adroid Phone you can get a FREE app every day in the Amazon App Store.
FREE Android Apps

FREE sample Taster's Choice
FREE Uncle Ben's Rice
FREE Batteries starting Sunday at Staples (in-store) 3/27-4/2 get 2 Free Duracell AA or AAA Batteries (20 pack) after Staples Rewards.
80% off on Restaurant.com dining certificates! Use code DEAL
Jamba Juice $5 for any 2 smoothies coupon
Save the date! April 27 is 31 Cent Scoop Night at Baskin Robbins

A deal from MojoSavings:


Print out this $5 off any Advil product and ThermaCare product when purchased together.
How to Work Your MoJo at Walgreens:
Buy 1 ThermaCare Neck, Wrist & Shoulder Wrap – $2.99
Buy 1 Advil 24ct – $3.99
Use the $5 off Advil & ThermaCare coupon
= as low as $1.98 for Both!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Oh My Gosh I'm So Behind!

I was out most of last week, then goofed off all weekend! I've got so much to share today!

First, some coupons and freebies for you to sign up for:

$5 off at Petsmart
A boatload of coupons for Michaels
Souplantation coupons
$5 rebate by mail when you buy Tangled and Success Rice ($1/2 coupon in April All You magazine)
BOGO Minute Maid when you "like" on Facebook
$10/$25 at JC Penney Friday and Saturday
30% off in store at Old Navy
Take the short survey and get a $2 coupon for Silk Soy or Almond milk
BOGO breakfast at Mimi's Cafe
FREE Bagel & Cream Cheese at Bruegger's Bagels
FREE sample Kellogg's Touch of Fruit Frosted Mini Wheats
FREE sample Dove Calming Night Formula
FREE sample Dove Sheer Moisture
FREE sample Dove Ultimate Clear Deodorant
FREE sample Dove Energy Glow Body Wash
FREE sample Dove Men + Care from Walmart
FREE 1 year subscription Woman's Day Magazine  (i answered "Other Industries, Homemaker,   Administration, CFO) 
FREE sample 2 Issues Wood Magazine  (sample NOT a subscription)


Did you know you can go to Amazon.com and search for FREE Kindle book downloads? There are scads of them!
Deal Seeking Mom shows us how to get two FREE reams of HP Multipurpose Paper (500 sheets) at Staples:


HP Multipurpose Paper (500 sheets), $5.99
$4.99 Easy Rebate (Limit 2)

$1/1 HP Paper with ColorLok Technology printable
FREE after coupon and easy rebate!


From The Frugal Girls:

If you’re a member of Vocalpoint {and love coffee as much as I do!} hurry on over here to see if you qualify for a FREE Pint of International Delight Breve Creme Coffee Creamer!
If you haven’t signed up for Vocalpoint yet, go here to sign up!

Common Sense With Money says:


This week you can get free Snickers Easter Eggs at Walgreens when you combine the $1/2 Mars Easter candy in the 3/20 inserts with the 2/$1 sale this week.  BUT I wanted to share this info from Anita about how you can get an even better deal next week:
I was looking over Walgreen’s ad scans for next week (3/27-4/02)   and I found that if we hold on to the $1/ 2 Mars coupon from yesterday’s RP (3/20) that the deal gets much better.
If we use that coupon this week, the Snicker’s Creme Eggs  are 2/ $1 and one  coupon makes two for free…..BUT if we wait one week (delayed gratification)   the deal would be fantastic.
Next week these are .29 cents !   You could buy 7 of them, totaling $2.03  and use two coupons to get 7 for 3 cents
Walmart: or CVS:
M&Ms Candy Eggs $0.99
Use $2/2 Mars Easter Products coupon in April All You Magazine Issue or
Use $1/2 Mars Easter Products 3/20/2011 RP Insert (exp 4/24/2011)
As low as free after coupon
 Now for my own shopping adventures!

Last week I scored a great deal on running shoes! Many of you know that I had 3 ankle/foot surgeries in 18 months time. My feet have very high arches, and my ankles...OH my ankles! One of them has a ligament repair and loose bodies and the other has allografts (cadaver tendons). So now you know that I have to be very careful when shoe buying! I need high quality shoes for exercise, and good support no matter what I'm doing.

Roadrunner Sports had a huge clearance sale last week. I love this store because they cater to runners, walkers and cyclists. They have tech for helping you find the right shoes and even make custom inserts for them. Their 90 day return policy is the best, and they collect your old shoes for charitable donation. So what was my deal? I got one pair of $179.99 ASICS for $50, one pair of $114.99 ASICS for $30 and 5 pairs of fancy running socks ($19 reg price) for $12.50. I am a VIP member so I also got an addition 10% off my total. In all I spent $97.78 including tax for 2 pairs of high-end running shoes and 5 pairs of high-end running socks. That is about $25 less than I spend on my last pair of shoes!

I had a fun day at the mall last week, too. I had a $10 coupon for Penney's and they had exercise clothes on sale. My savings was 50%. I'm gonna be stylish at the gym now!  I also got some fun shoes and shirts at the mall and at Target. My feet are ready for summer and our vacation!







My doctor is not pleased with my cholesterol count. I've always had a high level, even as a child, so it's time to start taking medication. I had some coupons for Nature Made supplements, and CVS had a BOGO sale last week, so I bought Omega 3 Fish Oil with Vit. D capsules and Cholest-Off and got a 60% savings.

I scored a FREE coffee at Panera with my rewards card

My 8 year old daughter had a day off from school on Friday, so we had a Groupon day! We used our Asiago Pizza Groupon at Seaport Village for a delicious lunch, then walked to The New Children's Museum and used our admission Groupon for a fun afternoon of crafts and activities.

 







On the way home we stopped at Costco where I splurged on Blu-ray deals! I couldn't resist the Twilight Zone Seasons 1 & 2 at $44 each. I checked the Amazon price on my iPhone before I put them in the cart. Amazon price is $63.95, cheapest used set is $53.99. Deal.  Since Treklet & I are traveling a lot this summer I've been looking for deals on digital movies for her iPod Touch and my iPad. Costco has Disney gift sets which are quite a deal! We bought Monsters, Inc. and Wall-E. Each set comes with 4 discs (Blu-ray, DVD, Special Features and Digital Copy), a sticker book, a set of collectible lithographs, and a hardcover book for $29.99. The digital copy alone on iTunes is $20 and the 4-disc set without the books and pics is $29.99 on Amazon. Deal.



Monday, March 14, 2011

Perusing the Blogs..and My Mailbox

FREE sample Purina One Beyond Dog or Cat Food

FREE sample Purex with Zout

FREE Travel Size Lilly & Lavender Product from Crabtree & Evelyn (in stores)

FREE Sorrento Cheese Lasagna Cookbook  Use Promo Code LOVE1 Printed copies are sold out, but you can still download the FREE .pdf file by filling in the form.

MojoSavings has a deal idea for Maybelline:

Here is a great deal starting 3/13 at Rite Aid on Maybelline.
How to work your MoJo:
Maybelline Cosmetics – 40% off
Maybelline Dream Foundations = $8.70 ea (should ring up at $5.27)– Buy 2
Use 2 of the $2/1 Maybelline printable coupons here
Get $3 +UP Reward when you buy $10+
= $1.77 ea after coupons and +UP Rewards

Common Sense With Money has a deal idea for cheap fancy toilet paper:


Spend $25 in select P&G products get $10 ECBs back
Deal idea
Buy two packs of Charmin 16ct $20
Buy two tubs of Charmin Freshmates $5
Use four $0.25/1 Charmin Product 2/27/2011 PG Insert (exp 3/31/2011)
Pay $24 out of pocket and get back $10 extra care bucks
The Alien likes to take Nature Valley Granola Bars with him when he golfs. Deal Seeking Mom has a Target deal for them this week:

 Nature Valley Granola Bars (10 ct.), 2/$5
$0.50/1 Nature Valley Granola Bars printable, printable, or printable
$0.50/1 Nature Valley Chewy Trail Mix Bars (GM 02/13/11)
$0.75/2 Nature Valley Granola Bars (GM 02/13/11)
$1.50/3 General Mills Item Target printable

As low as $1.50 ea. wyb 3 after stacked coupons!

Old Navy $5/$25 coupon. Stock up sale now through 3/16

FREE download for mom's and homeschoolers: The Big Handbook Of Nature Study Parts 1 & 2


And finally, here's what was in my mailbox last week:

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Just a quickie!

Use this coupon to get 20% at Big Lots on Sunday only.
Save $10/$30 at Shutterfly. Expires March 9th. Enter promo code at checkout:  
SWXM-9REW-DYP2-9HFWWE
FOUR printable coupons for Michaels
FREE Waffle Fries at Chik-Fil-A Friday March 4th from 2-4 p.m. No coupon necessary.
Make your own deodorant. (I've been doing this for a year now and I really like it.)

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Go Get FREE Stuff!

FREE Sample Fekkai Hair Glossing for Costco members.
FREE Sample of household wipes for Costco members. 
FREE Sample of U by Kotex
FREE Poise sample pack
FREE sample Healthy Dents Dog Treats from Walmart
FREE Sample Purina One Dog or Cat Food from Walmart
FREE Eucerin lotion on Facebook
FREE Appetizer from Chevy's and kids eat FREE on Tuesdays
The Frugal Girls has posted a Big List of Birthday Freebies.

Here's my list of birthday freebies that I've received this week so far:

$10 Reward from Cost Plus World Market (combining with a $10/$30 coupon!)
BOGO meal from Souplantation
FREE Dessert from Islands
FREE Brownie Sunday from Chili’s
FREE Sunday from Ruby’s
FREE scoop from Baskin Robbins
FREE entrĂ©e from Mimi’s
FREE companion ticket to Universal Studios ( I have an annual pass)
20% off and a FREE gift from Patti’s Hallmark
FREE Rooty Tooty Fresh & Fruity from IHOP
FREE Dip Trio or Brownie Sundae from On the Border
FREEbowl of noodles at Noodles and Company
FREE Kona Pie or Chocolate Lava at Islands
20% Off entire purchase coupon from Michaels (exp 3/31)

and here's what has arrived in my mailbox:

Wrinkle cream? Well I am turning 50!
 
I had a great shopping day Monday. Katie and I went to Souplantation and used my birthday BOGO coupon. Then we headed to World Market where I combined my $10/$30 coupon with my $10 birthday reward to get $35 worth of groceries and Easter basket stuffers for $15.

Then we went to Target where Katie found some great 75% markdowns on Short Sexy Hair products. I used Target and manufacturer coupons to get a few grocery items, and one great deal in particular: Excedrin Extra Strength (20 ct) was marked $3.54 and was bundled with a a FREE 8 count Excendrin PM bottle. I had a Target coupon for $3 and a manufacturer coupon for $1, so I got them both for FREE!  I was hoping to buy Megamind on Blu-ray with my $5 off coupon, but they were out of stock. I decided instead to use the coupon on the Megamind Double DVD set which was priced $5 less than the Blu-ray (which also has the 2nd movie on it). I think my Blu-ray player makes DVDs look awesome anyway.  The set was priced at $22.99 and there was a peelie on it for a free 6bag package of Pop Secret ($3.89). So I got 2 movies and the box of popcorn, a $26.88 value for $17.99, a 30% savings.

After Target we went to the Bakery Outlet. I used my February coupon for a free item, and I got 2 free items for spending $10. I paid $13.17 OOP for 3 loaves of Oroweat bread, a package of whole wheat hamburger buns, a package of Entenmann’s cinnamon rolls, a package of Entenmann’s donuts, and 2 large whole wheat Boboli crusts. I estimate the grocery store cost to be around $30.

Later on while my youngest was at karate, I ran to Walgreens, CVS and Vons, which are all on the same corner as her class. At Walgreens I picked up a few canned items and some Peeps for Easter., for a savings of 46%. At CVS I picked up some antibacterial ointment and large bandaids for FREE with my ECBs from last time. I only paid .60 tax. At Vons I stocked up on canned beans, on sale for .89-$1, and broccoli (.89/lb) and green onions (.79) I still had time for a quick workout at the gym (same shopping center!) before I had to pick my daughter up from karate.

Tuesday found me at Fry’s picking up a piece of tech for full retail! FAIL! Hopefully it is just what I need to fix my WiFi issues once and for all…and if It’s not I WILL return it. I did find a HDMI cable for my laptop on sale, so I did save a little something there. Afterward, my little one and I went to Noodles and Company and used my birthday coupon for a FREE bowl. I only paid for a kid’s bowl for her. YUM! We picked up a few plants for our veggie garden at Lowes and on the way home stopped at Baskin Robbins and used this BOGO Lucky Mint scoop coupon at Baskin Robbins (exp ¾)